To Puerto Princesa ( a detailed account ) part 1

Day 1 and 2 Itinerary 

I was very excited for this trip that I have made so much research months before the actual travel date.  I was able to come across a blog site that provides  detailed information for a Do It Yourself tour that will be practical for a group of 4.  So I took advantage of the information and created an Itinerary for our trip.

We arrived at Puerto Princesa Airport at exactly 11:00 am, 10 minutes earlier than our scheduled arrival. We went straight ahead to Ka lui (not kahlui, as what I've written in our IT) for lunch. It is more convenient to make prior reservation in Ka lui as this place is very well visited, we were lucky that Kar wel pension made the reservation for us.

At ka lui we ordered their Ka lui Special of the day, in their menu it says pwede 2, but trust me it can feed 4! just add extra rice and drinks.

my sis  modeling for Ka lui 

KaLui Restaurant
369 Rizal Avenue Puerto Princesa City Palawan
( Opens Daily Save Sundays Lunch 11-2pm; Dinner 6:00-10:30pm )

Reservations Requested:
  - You may call our Landline: (048) 433 2580

Mobile No: - +63 928 753 9621

I was able to book a room at Go hotel on our first day for 1,400.00 (promo rate, breakfast not included) but because check in time is still 2:00 pm we then proceeded to our first activity which is the day tour. Regular rate for day tour is 600.00 per person which would include VAN and entrances. Ours was just a do it yourself day tour. We  hired a tourism accredited tricycle for 600.00. (for the four of us already)

Contact:

Rommel Fulgencio
Contact Nos.: 0919-879-9501, 0926-918-1437
E-mail: rommel_fulgencio@yahoo.com   

 The day tour started at Plaza Cuartel 

 Puerto Princesa Cathedral  is just few steps from the Plaza 

And then, to Puerto Princesa Baywalk in the mid afternoon. So hot! who? sis? maybe, but kidding aside it's the noon sunshine!

Next is Crocodile farm! Can't contain my excitement now :) 

Ate dared to play with the bear cat

There are lots of crocs in the crocodile farm!

at Mitra Ranch

stopped by Baker's hill for an afternoon Snacks

Last stop was butterfly garden which looks like any other butterfly garden.

Entrances includes 40.00 per pax in Crocodile Farm, 20.00 for Senior Citizens like Ma and Pa. 20.00 per pax in Mitra Ranch which I don't remember paying. And 25.00 in butterfly garden (only me and ate went in). 

At 4:00 pm we checked in at Go hotel and took our much needed rest after a very long day! We crashed out dinner in Viet ville because it's out of the way and we were told that there's nothing much to see or eat there. We can eat vietnamese food in the city proper if we want to. I guess that was a good decision because at 8:00 pm we were all too tired to get up, but we were hungry too, so we just got foods to go from the nearby Robinsons Palawan. 

our cozy space in Go hotel 

My parents room is just adjacent to ours - cool isn't it?

Day 2, started early with a breakfast at Go hotel. Breakfast is at 118.00 per pax with a variety of choices from filipino to american breakfast.

Picture taking with our beloved Parents shortly after breakfast 

While waiting for our VAN

 At around 6:30 am we were picked up by our tour guide for our Underground River Tour. This is not a do it yourself tour since you have to register atleast one month before your scheduled date with the City tourism, only 700 per day can be accommodated to enter the river. Through the kindness of our trike driver he facilitated our reservation with a travel agency in which we paid 1,500.00 per pax for everything (van, boat, lunch buffet). Excluding environmental fee which we paid for 40.00. Don't forget to bring your ID's on the trip. It took approximately 3 hours to get to Sabang where the port to the Underground river is. From the port we took a boat ride for 30 to 45 minutes to get to the underground river and another 45 minutes to navigate the river. At past 12 noon we were back to Sabang and had our sumptuous buffet lunch.  

Ma and our Van ride

Our boat ride to Underground River 

ready to go to the Underground river

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